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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

6 s000 900 estimsked marshals and
other Expenses. These 81, SOC, O0o
of course come out of the people {
pockets, butare paid toofiee- holders
who would disappear with the repeal
of the internal revenue system.
But by whatever way Congress
may conclude to strike off not less
than s120, 600, 900 of taxes, the sur
plus revenue viii continue to pour
into the Treasury after. uly ! /, and
until surplus taxes are repealed. II
is this fact which causes remark and
in some quarters alarm about the
future. But if.there,shouId be any
such contraction of the currency
from this canse as would inconyen-
fence business, the Secretary of the
Treasury has full discretion to deal
with it in the act Of March 3, 1881.
ichprovidos that he ssmay at any
time apply the surplus money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated
or so much thereof as he may con-
slider proper, to the purchase or re-
demption of United States bonds.
The bonds SO purchased or redeem-
ed shall constitute no part of the
sinking fund, but shall be eanceIl-
ed" 7'i
tits our belief, however, that he
will not need to exercise this power
before Congress has time to cut off
the surplus The country has now
a very abundant amount of money
of various kinds IN circulation. An
official comparative s atement shows
s.coin and currency II aetuaI eircula.
ton: 80, q,
January 1, 1886, 81 ,2s5, ia, OH
July 1, 1856, 1 1853, FOG, 055
January 1, 1887, 1910, 320,S14
April 1, 1887, 1,314,69s,342
May 1887, 1,319, 632, 5l2
That is to say, since July L, 1886,
there. has been an expansion of the
currency in actual circulation of
nearly SCI, 100000. The redemp-
ton of Sic, 75O, 900 ofthree percents,
the necessary provision for the sink
ing fund, and the monthly purchases
of silver, all provide for still further
expansion.
Fin spite of all this there should
occur that "piIing of money in the
Treasury which is feared by some,
the Secretary may either offer to
pay the interests on the debt in adj
vance, or in an extreme case he has
authority to buy bonds in open
market. We are aware that it is
said that bondholders will not like
to receive their interest in advance
because it makes the bonds less
marketable, and that to begin to buy
bonds would send them up in the
market But it will suggest itselfto
business men that neither of these
will be used unless there
should be so sensible contraction as
to make money dear, and in that
case men will be willing enough to
exchange their coupons for ready
money and will offer their bonds at
rates, because they will
want cash more than securities
". Y. Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01
DeniesM.

Mr.. John a. Hutchinson saws he
did not receive letter from Mr..
Evarts, as detailed in last weeks
Sentinel. And we believe he did
not receive II letter from Mr.. Evarts.
but he received circular, and the
political purposes stated last week
are true, and the efforts will be made
to effect the coalition. In every
close state where there is a small
democratic majority, the republicans
propose to coalesce, ifthey can, with
all opposition elements, in order to
secure political victory. 1t is as
sumed that they have permanent
combination with the greenbackers,
and if they can further add to their
strength by a combine that will in
clude the prohibitionists they assert,
with a good deal of reason for it, that
they will then have strength enough
to carry the state.
The purpose appears to be to give
the prohibitionists md greenbackers
all the state and cou nty officers, the
congressman, and il successful, the
senator to come from the republicans.
This division of spoils is the tempt
ing dish they will offer to their as
piring coalitionists. There is a
promise of success in such a division
of plumber, and it may beirresistable
when the time comes to the never
drinks and never works. This pro-
posed combine is not a political scare
crow by any means. The PROPOSE
ton is in real existence, and efforts
are now on footto bring the clements
together on one common ticket
next year.-Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01
Business and the SurnIus

So much is written about possible
embarrassment to the business the
country, during the coming fall and
winter from the piling up of surplus
revenue-in the Treasury, that it is
useful to see what the real situation
is It viii be found that there is no
need for alarm between now and the
time Congress can act in the matter
by reducing the taxes.
The balance in the Treasury on
May / was $4,000 600. This may
he increased between May and July
/ by $50, OOO. 900 more, making a to-
tai of s64, 600, 900. The redeemable
bonds still out amount to s19, $50, 600
and the purchases required by law
forthe sinking fund amount to $780,
600, 600, making total of s55, $780,
600. Up to the beginning ofthe new
fiscal year, therefore, there viii be
no Treasury surplus-scarcely a
working balance. - e=-
Congress meets in December. II
ought to be able to. agree upon an
adequate reduction of taxes by the
list OfFebruary. The surplus reven-
ne for the next fiscal year threatens
to rise to s125, 0O0, GOO, and is likely
to be more. If Congress should re-
PEAL all the internal revenue taxes
IN lump this would still leave a
moderate surplus, because the inter.
nai revenue produces gross about
SlIi,OoO.OOO, and of this 81, 500, 0OC
IS the cost of collection, and about
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01
w. G. II. o.
Fourth Annual state Conyen.
ton. 10 be Held az EairInOnf,
June 14.1S, 1857.

June 14.15, 1852.
The Fourth Annual Convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of West Virginia will be held
at Fairmont, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, June 18th and 18th, 1887.
With the Amendment Campaign
coming on, in which the w. C. T. u.
will be active, as usual in such con-
tests, this will be the most important
session ever held in the State.
DIR. Hattie b. Jones, of Wheeling,
will deliver a lecture ON Hygiene and
Heredity, at Fairmont, on Monday
evening, preceding the Convention.
Tuesday evening, June 18th, will
be devoted to a Workers Confer
ence, with ten minute speeches by
prominent men and women of West
Virginia and from other States.
Mrs. c. B. Buell., National Cor.
Sec, will be present to assist in the
work of the body, and will deliver
an address to the public on Wednes-
day evening, june 18TH 81
Besides Mrs. Buell. and Miss Jones
among the able speakers on the pro.
gramme, are Ex-senator w. T. Wil.
ley, Gen. 7. NJ Harris, John T.
Thomas of Maryland, Geo. w. At.
kinson, Mrs. S. III. Martin of Balti.
more, Rev. J. o. Thompson and 9th
ers.
Railroads give excursion rates tc
all who will attend.
The Fairmont ladies are prepar.
ing to give to the large Convention
royal welcome.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

The fact that Senator Camden
was defeated has not soured him
in the least, nor caused him to go
back ON the mountaineer State
He is now projecting other rail
roads in West Virginia Camden
is a stronger man with the people
to day than he has ever been be-
fore RetzeI Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

John Mcintosh, of Parchment, an
old and respected sitizen, and the
only remaining Jackson county sol
der in the Mexican War, has received
a pension voucher for. S672, and
was allowed So amonth from JAN
uary 1, 1887.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

A. G. McAllister. Republican. was
elected Superintendent of Public
Schools for Wetzel county. by 36 ma
jority. There were two Democrats
running.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

There never was time in the
history of the State when our edu-
cationai institutions were on such
friendly terms; and there never was
a time when. those institutions were
more literally provided for than at
present. Comment is unnecessary.
--TnCfer
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

A Kentucky astronomer discover
ed the Star of Bethlehem, Monday
night. The last time the heavenly
visitor dropped in upon us was three
hundred years ago. ]
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01
LOTTER
[LOnisiana Stale LOLtefY GOmpanY,

Incorporated by the Legislature in 1868,
for Educational and Charitable purposes,
and its franchises made part OF the
present State Constitution, in 1879, BY
an overwhelming popular vote.
It's Grand single Number Drawings take
place monthly, and the SeIni-Annual
Drawings regularly every six months (June
and DeceInber.l
We do hereby certify that 1ce supervise The
dBnudL Drawings of The Louisiana State
lottery COmpdny, and IN person manage and
control the Drairings Htenlselres, and that The
same are conducted srith honesty, fdiFlless,
and az good fditt toirard al parties, and srs
authorize the Company to use this certificate,
nth fttc-similes of our signatures attached,
IN its advertisements.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

A little girl living in Romney was
thoughtful enough to send box of
our first wild flowers, the arbatus, to
to the wife of our President, Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, and in return re-
ceived a very pleasant little note
and Mrs. Cleyeland's card. Quite
a treasure for little Romney girl
to possessl
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

Henry George, and his disciples
might settle the land questions with
a great deal more rapidity if they
would go west and settle the UNI
occupied land -
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01


Decoration Day is becoming more
universally observed throughout the
country as the years go by, ard par
ticularly is this fact noticeable
throughout the South, where the
occasion is generally observedioint-
ly by those who wore the blue and
those who wore the gray. The time
is not far distant, we trust, when
there will be common Memorial
Day, and the men who followed the
Stars and Stripes and those who
followed the Stars and Bars will
cordially join hands in honoring
the heroic dead and communicating
the unity of States as the glorious
result of our civil war Transcript.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

1t is rumored that the greenback
party Of this State is about to shed
It's republican tail, and that the
Prohibitionfsts win tack ON the
cast-off appendage and wag it, for
all 1t is worth
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

"a little son of Bruce McCluslzy, of
West Grafton, swallowed small tin
whistlea fewidays ago. The whistle,
which is about the, size of a silver
quarter, lodged in the lower part of
the throat, giving the little islIow
great pain. While the physTeiiians
were making an effort to remove it,
lit passed into the stomach. ~ ~ s
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

Get ready and go west $4,000,
600 acres of new lands have become
subject to q z since MOndayI ~
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

For fifteen years, public lands to
the extent of 100, 600, 900 acres, have
been closed to settlers by tho orr
liark of the Interior Department in
flvorof railroads and other corpo-
rations. This jobbery has been
@bursted" by the present Adminis-
tration- This is a great hOme-run
for the President.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

Six ofthe ten inmates Of the Roane
county jail are lunatics. A pretty
good start for an insane asylum.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

/, Hon. ]. B. Somer, lie will move
from Brooke county to Wheeling.
Wheeling politicians never had
much luck.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

Clarksburg will have a reunion of
the Blue and the Gray on September
2 and 8.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

The Commercial College of Ken
lucky University, received the
Highest Honor and Gold Medal at
the Worlds Exposition over all
other Colleges for System of Book
keeping and Business Education
l is situated in the beautiful, healthy
and renowned city of Lexington,
KY, accessible by the leading rail
roads Arrange now to enter this
College, as students can enter at
any time. Read advertisement of
this College in another column and
write for particulars to its President,
WILDER R. SMITH, Lexington, KY.
->-r-------
The Grand Army of the Republic
is the only organization open to all
Soldiers of the Republic whose SER
vice was honorable during the War
of the Rebellion. Everything that
could render it Objectionable to any
class has been eliminated from it
Within the walls of its Posts, Demo
Gratis. Republicans and Grsenbackers
Catholics and Protestants-have
an immunity from anything in the
slightest degree offensive. Within
its Posts all questions of rank OF
precedence is wisely excluded. The
General ofthe War is but Comrade
and the private of the War Otter
Commander by choice of his Com
rades.-C. B. Smith.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

Miss Adeline Pritt,s of Webster
county started to Addison, the coun-
ty seat, one day last week on a shop
ping expedition. Afterwards her
drowned baby was found in Elk riv-
er. Whether she committed suicide
or was accidentally drowned is un-
known. She was about 30 years OF
age.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

William Malone, residing near
Catawha,s in Monongalia county,
attempted to end his life by cutting
his throat last Monday. With a
common. case knife he cut. a terrible
cash in his throat, which his ply
sicians ut first thought would prove
fatal. Heis still living. however, and
it is now believed he will recover.
Mr.. Malone has been in bad health
for several months past, and this
led to the commission of the rash
act.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

IfWest Virginia would advertise
herself like they do in the Western
States this State would double her
popnlationain ten years.-Ef 20 g
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01
AN INIPORTANT Law
In Regard to Lunatics and
Prisoners I'm IafIs.

AN AcT to amend and re-enact
Sec. B of Chap. 161 of the Code of
West Virginia.
3. The county court for every
county may appoint physician to
attend all persons confined in Jail
as lunatics, or persons charged with
felony or misdemeanor, and such
physicians shall furnish all medi-
cines and drugs for and give proper
attention to all such persons, at
stipulated, fixed and exclusive an
nual allowance. The appointment
Ofsuch physician shall be made in
open Court. The Court, or the.
president thereof in vacation, shall
cause notice to be given in some
newspaper published in the county,
and by posting at the front door of
the Court House. or if no such pa
per be published, by. posting as
aforesaid alone, of the days during
Court when sealed bids will be re-
ceiyed. The bids shall be opened
only in Court on the day specified
in the notice, if the Court then be
in session, and if not, on the. first
day of the session thereafter, and the
appointment awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder; and such court
shall have the right to reject any or
all bids. The person receiving the
appointment shall give bond with
sufficient surety, to be approved by
the court, for the faithful perform
ance of the trust and agreement
The court shall have power to vacate
the appointment for failure or neg
lect of duty, but such vacation shall
in no wise affect the liability on the
bond.
All of the proceedings shall be
entered in the order book of the
Court The County Court may
also, after examination, when per-
son in its Jail charged with or con-
victed of an otfense, is unable to
provide himself with sufficient cloth
ing, direct the jailor to provide him
clothing, and allow therefor not ex-
ceeding twenty dollars in one year.
Allowances under this section, on
being certified by the court, shall
be paid out of the treasury of the
| SNAASSf tVASSpG IN cases Oh persons
charged with or covicted of mis-
demeanors, which shall be paid out
of the County treasury =
This act was passed February 20
1887, and took effect ninety days
after its passage.
The Spirit of Democracy has the
following on the road question thai
is so applicable to this county that
we quote: Jefferson County road:
have been doctored ever since the
County has been a County, and the,
are still in most sickly condition
We haven't FIVE miles ofmacadamizec
roads-the only kind worth having
E-in the County, while the present
road beds are cutting deeper and
deeper, and becoming worse each
year. 1t is not so much the fault
of the farmers and supervisors as O
} the system under which thew oper
ate, but then it lies in their hand.
to change the system and commences
a radical reform. 81
S;~or4t,o 81, .. = ris15 \, 3 i
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

3, 1876 Prizes amounting to SLO55, 900
For club rates, or any further informa-
ton apply to the undersigned. -FOUR
handwriting must be distinct and Sigma
ture plain. More rapid return mail de-
livery will he assured by enclosing an
envelope bearing your full address.
Send POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders, or. New York Exchange
in ordinary letter. Currency by Ex-
press Cat our expense1 addressed to 81
7,5.--s a NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01
Aho1her :. Cen.b i'm. strike for

The Quaker City has several times
shown the falsity that lightning
never strikes twicein the same place.
Not long ago combination IF Lom-
bard and South Sts., Railroad con-
ductors drew $4,000 in TIE Lou
isiaha State Lottery, but the draw
ing on Tuesday, April 12th, has
proven a still greater winlfal in
one-tenth of the $3.50, 900 capital
prize, to combination of hirteen
men, employed by the firm of Goodell
"a Waters, machinery rnanufae turers,
Hamilton, above Fifteenth ST Most
of the members of the club, although
not in want, are men of,yery moder-
ate means, and the s1,153l which
each will soon receive, win, nj doubt,
be put to good use Phil t,Istd
(Pd.) Inquirer, April Is.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

The President and Secretary La
mar have determined that the Pub
lie Lands shall be for the benefit OF
settlers and not of railroads. The
railroads must show up, on or be-
fore the 9th of June next. The
railroads may want the earth, but
they don't own all the United
States when the Democrats are run
ming things-Er.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

The President, by an executive
order, has abolished twenty-five of
the revenue collection districts in
the country, and that number of col
leetors will soon be looking around
for situations. 1t is claimed that
this reduction of the districts will
make saving of over s1OO,OO an
ntlalIy in salaries and really facili-
tate the collection of the revenues.
But all the same, the boys wiIf-be
sad to find themselves out of office
without undergoing the process of
either death or resignation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

of the members of the club, although
not in want, are men ofyery moder-
ate, means, and the S1,153 which
each will soon receive, will, nd doubt,
be put to good use hilette l1J.sid
(Pd.) Inquirer, April Is. :
TheiGettysburg Battlefield Me-
mortal Association refuse u allow
the survivors of Pickett's division to
erect a commemorative monument
ON the spot where General ArnIis-
tead was killed. - pita aisi
Gettysburg was the greatsst1 bat
tie of the war, and the fate of the
Confederacy was determined by it.
At the most decisive moment of
the battle Pickett's diVisiei of the
Confederate army was oreered ITO
make charge. For desperation,
bravery and heroismait WA never
surpassed as piece of brilliant bats
tl,--ield work, but it was lnsuccesE
full. sAt.the head of the brflliaift'col-
umns was the dashing, fearless Ar
mistead, whose brigade was in the
advance, and he was mortally
wounded. Pickett's charge deter
mined the fight at Gettysburg, and
that battle was the turning point of
the war. That the survivors should
wish. to erect stone to mark the
spot where their brilliant leader
fell is natural, but why should the
Association refuse to permit it to be
done? ~ ~
Is it not rather small and con-
tracted notion that will not allow
private citizens, twenty years after
the war, to erect a commemorative
stone to mark thespot wherea loved
commander fell2n-Ec.
Joseph Young, livingnear Buffalo,
in Nicholas county, u prominent
farmer, has been prosecuted by a
gang who wanted revenge upon
Bolivar Perkins, school teacher,
living in Youngs family. The
school books of his daughter have
been burned, together; with the
school house. A night or two ago
the family were awakened by gun
shots, one of which struck the bed
upon which Young was sleeping.
Going to the barn, they found the
horses and cattle eating salt, which
had a layer of deadly poison under
it, A day or two before Mr.. Young
found valuable horse with it's legs
broken and poisoned. From treat.
ing the poisoned animals, and from
drinking water from we'll, which
was afterwards fomdt to have been
poisoned, Mr.. and Mrs. Young aahd
Perkins were taken sick, and PEP
kins has only recovered Three
school houses have been burned in
the neigAborllood recently.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

The Democratic party is a party
of principles. 1t chung to those
principles through twenty-fveyear
of disaster and will not go to pieces
now when those principles have tri-
umphed because of the distribution
of a few offices. The men who stood
by it,through those years of gloomy
defeat are not going to desert its
banners now, nor suffer any personal
feelings to dampen their ardor for
the cause. There is consolation in
this refIection.-Lnder.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-01

Ne The undersigned Bdaks and Bssakers
ir;iiH pay all Prizes iirql6n in, The Eot1siqHd
STATE Lotteries lriieh may be presented at our
counters. IA
III. OGLBsBY, Pres. Louisiana Nat. Blk.
P. LANAUX, Pres. State Natl Bank.
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat. Blk
CARL KoHN. Pres. Union Natl Bank.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19

Conover Bros. have just received large
and well selected stock OF pianos. Among
them are seen some new styles in "Steinway
q Sons in uprights, with beautifully en-
graved panels. These styles are not shown
In the catalogues. They have pianos at all
prices and at prices that every customer gets
the year round. Pianos at sl75, $500, 1926,
$3.50, 1900, $3.50. 1915, 500, $50, $500, and
up. These prices are standard at all times
The pianos they sell for 500 is the best piano
ever offered for the money by any firm in
rde west. The piano is large, rs octave,
:, rings, feet irch case, and beautiful in
design. Remember these are standard prices
to everyone who calls. Utf